Bureaucracy at its best

So I went to my local GP to get the 'flu shot this morning. While I was there, someone handed my a urine sample kit. "What's this for?" I said. "You've got kidney disease, so the doctor needs to get a sample from you", the lady replied. When I questioned, saying I attend Guys' for such tests every couple of weeks, she
advised I could ask the Nurse more details while getting my vaccination.

So I did.

She said, "they need to offer tests like this to people to get their money". Essentially, the GP surgery has to collect and measure samples from at risk type patients, 90% of them, or they get some of their funding docked.

So I have to pee in a pot, and take it round to my GP one morning later this week so he can send it to King's for a completely unnecessary dip test so that he can tick a target box, when I'm already being monitored more closely than just about every other person on their books.

How ridiculous.